Skype

I used Skype to phone account to call my relative in another country, Everything was OK until September when I paid $12.99 + tax. To my surprise it was not credited to my account but instead was refunded to me. I paid again on 10th of October. This time it was not refunded but again did not show up as my credit. There is no telephone number or email or any form to complain with Skype. On 10th of November I at last found the way to communicate with Microsoft Skype via chat, I typed for half an hour to one support person to find out that he disconnected me, then I connected with Chukwuka and she sent me a link to post my payment as if they wanted evidence of payment to them. But if you click on the link it disconnects you from chat. She also confirmed that the previous agent did not leave any notes.

I cannot cancel my Subscription to Skype. I have not selected automatic payment, but still get charged monthly fees. Autocharge settings are off, as always. My bank, has said that because I have supplied Microsoft with my details, they cannot stop the automatic deductions. I have removed all Skype Applications from all of our three devices, and we are awaiting account statements next month to see if it still deducts. I will use LINE applications in the future to see if they are more honest in their business practices. I am getting deductions still, even though my credit card has been renewed. My advice is think twice before ever entering card details with Microsoft! Unfortunately, they own Windows 10 as well!

There was a time when Skype was good and provided good customer support. It was never excellent but it was at least, not horrible, like it is now. I received an email from Skype informing that my $201.93 credit would become inactive in 7 days. I logged in today to request a refund via Live Chat. Getting the run around would be better than how I was treated. The first agent said that the time had lapsed to request a refund and that essentially, it's a "use it or lose it" and that I should just make some calls using Skype. I asked to speak to a supervisor who indicated that they do not issue refunds per their terms of agreement.

I recently had to reinstall my Operating System. As a result, Skype stopped working. When I tried to reinstall Skype, they demanded my password, and I gave them my old PW. The program insisted my password was wrong and sent me into an endless feedback loop of, "sorry, wrong password, try again". I can no longer use Skype. They actually owe me money, but there is no way to contact them. Their online support does not work; there is no way to contact a real person to get help. THERE IS NO WAY TO CONTACT SKYPE BY PHONE. Skype info will say this, if you dig deep enough. I have encountered hundreds of desperate appeals online for help with Skype. MANY people are having this problem. Skype is not a functional service, because there is no way to break into their feedback loop. Want to make a free phone call online with no hassles? There are many alternatives to Skype now, just look online. I am using https://www.poptox.com/.

I've used Skype several times and it usually works well. You need to have a strong signal in order for the image to come through clearly. Definitely superior to a regular phone call since you can see the person who you are chatting with. Plus, it's free.

Generally works well. Video and audio mesh up well without lags. I wish they would move to H.265 or something that requires less bandwidth and data usage. I use it daily and I keep bumping into my data cap. I do find it interesting though that the only time I get a call satisfaction survey from Skype, is when it has performed well. With all the metadata involved in utilizing skype, they already know, based on metrics around network congestion, location, background processes and performance in my laptop, etc, whether the skype call was successful. The survey is simply to provide positive numbers to the mothership. Misleading.

Skype always includes oncoming updates & presented to individual customers, but they disgracefully do not include additional details or steps upon their following page for including that whatsoever.

I had originally signed up with Skype for traveling and maintaining contact with friends and family, however since I'm not traveling like that anymore don't need this service so tried to cancel Skype and found it was impossible and no contact info to talk to a real person. So here I am paying an annual fee for a service I do not use. Consequently, am very unhappy with this company, and would not recommend it to anyone.

We use Skype for business and most of the time it operates very well, but there are times when we can not connect or share screens. It makes it frustrating and hard to communicate from different countries. However; when it does work it is great and we are able to get a lot accomplished.

Skype has not kept up with changing technology. Other apps provide more options for connection and productivity (ex MS Teams). I used to use Skype every day to connect to co-workers and even for some presentations, but MS Teams allows us more flexibility.